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William Ramsay, Physician and Astrologer

William Sherwin · 1672

William Sherwin: Documented works 1666–1672 (not lifespan)

UnclassifiedUnited Kingdom

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William Ramsay, Physician and Astrologer

1672

engraving · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
engraving
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sheet: 15.4 × 9.5 cm (6 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Collection no.
1951.11.816
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By the artist
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CC0 1.0License details

William Sherwin. William Ramsay, Physician and Astrologer. William Sherwin; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Rosenwald Collection. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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William Ramsay, Physician and Astrologer — William Sherwin. 1672.

Medium: engraving.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 15.4 × 9.5 cm (6 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1951.11.816. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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William Sherwin. William Ramsay, Physician and Astrologer. William Sherwin; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Rosenwald Collection. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.